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Books from the 5th century B.C.E. to the present covering topics on the history of Ancient Greece, the Hellenistic dynasties, and the Roman Empire.

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    The Penguin Historical Atlas of Greece (Hist Atlas)
    by Robert Morkot

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    The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (Hist Atlas)
    by Chris Scarre

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    The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian
    by Robin Lane Fox

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    The Ancient Greeks (Penguin History)
    by M. I. Finley

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    The Trojan War: A New History
    by Barry Strauss

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    The World of Odysseus (New York Review Books Classics)
    by M.I. Finley

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    The Histories (Penguin Classics)
    by Herodotus

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    The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives
    by Plutarch

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    Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World
    by Paul Cartledge

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    A History of My Times (Penguin Classics)
    by Xenophon

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    The Peloponnesian War
    by Donald Kagan

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    The Persian Expedition (Penguin Classics)
    by Xenophon

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    The Campaigns of Alexander (Penguin Classics)
    by Arrian

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    The History of Alexander (Penguin Classics)
    by Quintus Curtius Rufus

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    Alexander the Great
    by Robin Lane Fox

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    Cleopatra - A Biography
    by Michael Grant

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    History of Rome
    by Michael Grant

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    Makers of Rome: Nine Lives (Penguin Classics)
    by Plutarch

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    The Rise of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics)
    by Polybius

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    The Jugurthine War & The Conspiracy of Catiline
    by Sallust

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    The Conquest of Gaul (Penguin Classics)
    by Julius Caesar

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    The Civil Wars (Penguin Classics)
    by Appian

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    The Civil War (Penguin Classics)
    by Julius Caesar

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    Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
    by Tom Holland

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    Cicero: Selected Political Speeches (Penguin Classics)
    by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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    Cicero: Selected Letters (Penguin Classics)
    by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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    Selected Works (Penguin Classics)
    by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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    Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
    by Anthony Everitt

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    Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
    by Anthony Everitt

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    The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics)
    by Suetonius

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    The Annals of Imperial Rome (Penguin Classics)
    by Tacitus

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    The Histories (Penguin Classics)
    by Tacitus

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    The Jewish War: Revised Edition (The Penguin Classics)
    by Flavius Josephus

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    The Later Roman Empire: A.D. 354-378 (Penguin Classics)
    by Ammianus Marcellinus

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Created by jonmphillips1974 on May 27, 2007.
 

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Additions — 5 weeks ago

The Jewish War by Josephus – includes much information about the Flavian dynasty

The Later Roman Empire by Ammianus Marcellinus – the surviving books of the last great Roman historian’s attempt to cover the period where Tacitus left off. It covers up to the battle of Adrianople, the first of a series of events which lead ultimately to the sack of Rome by the Goths in 410.

The Histories by Tacitus – A recount of AD 69, the year of four emperors, following the suicide of Nero.

Finally, I added two recently published books on Roman history: Rubicon by Tom Holland which tells the story of the final years of the Republic; and Augustus by Anthony Everitt who also wrote a biography of Cicero and has recently published a biography of the emperor Hadrian.

This brings the list to a tidy 50 volumes. I don’t plan on making any more changes/additions for some time.


Updates — 5 weeks ago

For the primary sources, I have decided to replace items on this list with editions from Penguin Classics which I prefer because of the quality of their translation, the copious notes, and the invaluable introductions/commentaries.

I also replaced the Modern library edition of the unabridged work of Gibbon with the Penguin Classics edition which, after some research, is the most highly rated.